If you are searching for real deal Peruvian cuisine, then look no further than La Guitarra Con Sazon. Other places are either frou frou Bourgeois Peruvian-Latin hybrids that can't completely commit (I'm looking at you Latin Bites), OR they claim to be authentic but use shortcuts, cheap ingredients, and shoddy techniques. La Guitarra Con Sazon serves true Peruvian food, packed with flavor, beautifully presented, and authentically made. For reasons beyond me, the restaurant was eerily empty when I walked in for dinner. This was my four-year-old daughter's first experience with Peruvian food, and she loved every bit. She annihilated her first Chicha Morada (purple corn drink). She fought me tooth and nail for the cow heart kebabs, more lovingly referred to as Anticuchos de Lomito - my favorite and the best I've ever had. With one bite of the Lomo Saltado, my boyfriend's eyes disappeared to the back of his head. I've only had one other lomo that was better, and that place is not in Houston. My Arroz Chaufa (Peruvian fried rice) was completely riddled with all sorts of seafood: mussels, squid, large shrimp, and even crab in its shell! The unique flavor of this fried rice made it apparent that the other arroz chaufas I'd tried before were just impostors. And because every dish was such a home run, I felt obligated to order the Ceviche de Pescado y Camarones for good measure. Peruvian ceviche is one of a kind because of the Leche de Tigre marinade. La Guitarra's leche de tigre is perfectly complex; pairing this with the sweet potato, choclo, and cancha creates an unbeatable ceviche that will leave you in awe. I love Peruvian so much that I lured one in and convinced him to live with me (love you Jason P) - so I would say I have plenty of experience eating the food. La Guitarra Con Sazon finally showed me why Peru is considered the gastronomic capitol of the world. Some say it is even one of the world's most important cuisines. I say that La Guitarra Con Sazon is the only Peruvian restaurant in Houston that matters. read more

Stopped in for lunch here, and I was excited for Peruvian food, which I haven't had before. One of my dining companions said we must have the ceviche, so I decided I was going to try to get one of those. I was convinced I was not going to indulge in the chips when they were placed on the table with a green dipping sauce, but I decided to try just one...and ended up eating the entire basket. That dipping sauce is AMAZING. One of the people I was with got a tub of it to take home, and I was seriously working hard to stop myself from doing the same. Don't resist the chips and dip here. For the ceviche, I decided on Ceviche de camaron con Mango, as I thought shrimp was a safe bet, and I love food mixed with mango. I wasn't that into trying a dish where it just said "fish", as I can be pretty picky, but apparently that's a common understanding in Peruvian restaurants (I'm a noob, so who knew?) After eating my basket (okay maybe 1.5 baskets but who was counting) of chips and dip, an appetizer came for one member of the group. He graciously passed it around, and it was some sort of potato-esque tower? I watched some of the group taste it, and no one looked particularly happy with it, so I passed. When my dish came, I was excited. I'd give the ceviche de camaron con mango a 3.5 for me. I thought the shrimp was great and I loved the mango, but it didn't feel like something that I would really need to eat again. It's definitely enjoyable, and for the price, they do give you a fair amount of fish and mango though. Also, the corn is two different kinds. The hard kind tastes like nuts, so if you're not a fan, like me, skip these entirely. The other lighter softer corn was good though. The atmosphere is pretty standard, and they weren't very busy on a Saturday for lunch. The service was solid, and I was happy with the overall experience. This is one of those places that I would be happy to go to if someone wanted to try it, but I personally don't really need to rush back. I am now craving that green sauce though... read more

La Guitarra con Sazon - Ceviche de camaron con Mango - Latin American Near Me - Houston, Texas

First time - for lunch. Although on the extreme west side of town - this is a keeper. Authentic Peruvian fare - large portions at good prices (most dishes are $10 at lunch). Friendly and helpful service. Give them a try! read more

I LOVE this place! I wen there when it first opened and again several times since. Service and food is always on point! Referred some friends who live in the area and they were impressed as well! read more

We had a great experience at La Guitarra con Sazon! The service was phenomenal and the food was delicious. Ceviches and tiraditos are by far the best thing on the menu. But all the seafood dishes are all delicious! read more

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If you've never had Peruvian food, put it at the top of your bucket list. One of my favorites cuisines and highly underrated...unless you live in Miami. Located in a shopping center off of Westheimer, parking is easy. Not terribly fancy, La Guitarra Con Sazon looks like your every day restaurant. I do love the name though. They start you off with some great chips with a cilantro dipping sauce. The menu is typical of most Peruvian restaurants with heavy hitters such as ceviche, lomo saltado, etc. Seafood dishes and stir fry/wok dishes are plentiful. I had the lomo saltado which comes with tender cubes of beef, peppers, fries, and rice in a brown sauce. It's basically a stir fry so there isn't a great deal of meat but it was quality. The fries are drenched in the sauce and while soggy fries may not sound that appetizing, trust me they're good. One of my favorite Peruvian dishes and this one didn't disappoint. read more

My favorite Peruvian restaurant. I highly recommend tallarin saltado de res... it is DELICIOUS!

Seems to be a more seafood oriented Peruvian restaurant. I had their beef loin dish along with a potato tower appetizer. I have to say, I'm a really really really big fan of the free chips and avocado dip they give you. OMG, I probably could have eaten the whole thing by myself before my appetizer came out. If they sold it by itself, I'd probably buy it to go since it's right outside my neighborhood. The Lomo Saltaudo? I think is what I had. Pyramid rice with beef loin chunks, cooked with bell peppers, onions, fries in a brown sauce. Pretty good. I would probably like it with a little more char on it to give it a bit of a bite. Rice was good. The appetizer was the causitas? It's like a potato tower with avocado and a choice of meats. Either tuna, crab, or chicken. I chose the chicken though I probably should have done the crab. It was good. Nice sauce, though the boiled egg on top took away from it. Maybe a fried egg instead or over easy style would have been better, as the smell of a boiled egg took away from the experience. Covering it with the sauce probably could have hid the smell. Waitress offered me a red hot sauce that was delicious. She was right though, caution, it is extremely hot. I used it sparingly and it added great depth to the main dish and appetizer. I also mixed it with the awesome avocado dip and it was great. I would come back to try the seafood and that dip.. ugh so good. Waitress was great. On my way out, the cook/chef even came out to thank me for coming in. Give it a try guys. I hate it when places like these close because they don't get traffic because of their location or the fact that not many people like to try new places. They say they do, but only when it comes to franchises or places that people have already established are great. Be adventurous people! Support your neighborhood restaurants and businesses. You never know what you'll find. read more

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It is a great place, price is reasonable for the quality of the food, however the whole place should have a better taste for decor. A good choice for a Saturday night low key dinner. Ceviche is very good for ceviche eaters. The biggest drawback is the service; she was nice but late for refills and desert menu. If you aren't to picky with the waiters then this is a good option. read more

La Guitarra con Sazon - Latin American Near Me - Houston, Texas

Even in the difficult time of COVID19, this place still comes through! They are so pleasant and helpful. The food is as delicious as always. I love picking up the bags of food that are just guaranteed to perk up quarantine life. Just the best. See for yourself! read more

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Ceviche and rocoto was legit. So was the lomo, overall the food is good Peruvian. Only thing this place lacks is speedy service. They are a little slow and don't pay attention to where you at in the meal and completely don't understand that hard eye contact means you need someone. Waving them down is even more fun when they don't pay attention... Good place tho! read more

Food 5* Service 2-3* It was lunch time, we had a table of 10, and there was one other table of 2 in the restaurant. Service was painfully slow and inattentive, it took forever for a couple of the ladies to get drinks. The chicha morado was $3.50 and they never offered a refill, as tasty as it is, (and it was pretty tasty) I'm not sure it's worth $3.50 a glass. Lomo saltado was delicious. No changing table in the bathroom. I dunno, the food was delicious, we had a potato, avocado and chicken salad thing for starters (I forget the name) that was tasty, but the service was sooooooo slow it took 2 hours to eat our lunch! read more

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First time trying Peruvian food. The young lady service me was very helpful in explaining the menu Favor, texture and overall goodness Customer service was very professional. I shall return to try more dishes read more

Food was delicious, and even though the restaurant was packed everything still came out in a decent amount of time. Drinks were strong and yummy, although our server could use some more training. Will definitely return and highly recommend read more

A co-worker from South America invited a small group to try this Peruvian resturant for lunch. Resturant sits in one of the many strip malls along Westhiemer .....but do judge the book by the cover. The resturant offers a well rounded lunch menu with beef, fish and chicken dishes. I opted for the Ceviche De Pesacdo, which has a yellow sauce which had a strong flavor of lemon and muted the seafood taste in a good way. Light enough for lunch. Dish was served with a few slices of sweet potatoes. Others at the table got the Lomo Saltado which is sautéed tenderloins with onions and peppers. I did get a chance to taste that dish and it was pretty good. Prices for lunch entrees ranged from $10-$13. Service was excellent. Traffic there was light but place has a lot of potential. I do plan to check it out again. read more

La Guitarra con Sazon - Ceviche - Latin American Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Delicious food and amazing service! The place is quiet and clean. The service is attentive and respectful. The food and drinks are the best, great flavor. Will be going back and bringing people along. Awesome restaurant. Try the anticuchos and chicha. Ah-mazing. read more

Well now. What a fantastic Sunday night dinner. Soup was fantastic! Cerviche was awesome and my fish and shrimp were perfect. Oh yes we are coming BACK!!! read more

This is the first time I tried this place and I loved it! I didn't know where to go last Friday night. My boyfriend and I were deciding what to eat for our date, and we decide to go with Peruvian food. First we tried The Lemon Tree but it was packed and we didn't have a reservation so they sent us away. So I looked for another Peruvian restaurant near by and found this. We walked in, it wasn't too packed so they sat us right away. We ordered some cocktails and they were sooo good. So we look at the food and we decide to get the Mango Ceviche to start with and oh boy! It was delicious!!.. next we ordered the Tallarín Verde and the Picante de Mariscos and they were both so good!.. to end the night right, we ordered some Alfajores and a Mil Hojas cake and they were really yummy. We were so happy to end up here instead of the other place and will definitely be back to try some more stuff. What an awesome find!! read more

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I love this!! It's such an awesome place. I love coming here all the time with my kids and family. My husband loves eating here all the Time and how it's such a welcoming environment. read more

Our many experiences eating at this restaurant have proven to be outstanding. My wife spent the first 24 years of her life in Lima Peru and grew up eating good authentic Peruvian food. We are very pleased with the quality of food, prices and great service. It's nice to know that we can still enjoy authentic Peruvian food, locally. We often call in an order to go for lunch and it's always fresh, warm and well put together when we get it home. We give them an A+. We recommend; Lomo Saltado Tacu Tacu with Lomo Saltado Ceviche Mixto and most other dishes but maybe not that sausage and fries appetizer that the one star review lady ordered. That didn't even sound good. She should come back and try one of the above dishes. read more

We came here because of the reviews. The service was great but the place smelled like mildew as soon as we walked in. Not a great way to start off. The ceviche was mediocre to say the least and the smell just made it seem dirty. Not visiting again. read more

Wow! Terrific food and a staff that is fabulous! Assisting in every avenue! Food was wonderful appetizers were great and deserts were over the top! 4 in our party and all agree! On our must list! read more

We wanted to eat some Peruvian food and we didn't want to drive to Katy to our usual spot so we found this restaurant nearby. Nice big place but only two other tables had people around 4pm on a Friday. We ordered the fish ceviche and a causa. As soon as she set the plates down it smelled extremely fishy. I took a bite and well the ceviche didn't taste like the Peruvian ceviche I'm used to or any other ceviche I've had before. And the causa was extremely fishy. I was afraid the fish was old and was reeking so we returned our food and left. We didn't have to pay for anything. It's sucks the menu looked so good but I don't know their food is old or something. Nice waitress read more

Delicious food, amazing service. If you want to try a real Peruvian ceviche, this is the place. read more

La Guitarra con Sazon - Latin American Near Me - Houston, Texas

Authentic peruvian, great ceviche and lomo saltado. They have Pisco sours which is a great complement to any peruvian meal!! Great restaurant! read more

These ladies are amazing! Safe practices and excellent customer service!! The food is a culinary delight! The best ceviche I've ever had!! Love the passion fruit pisco sour!! You will not be disappointed.. read more

First time trying authentic Peruvian food and choose this place because the sample platter gives the sense of gastronomical tour, includes basic typical as cebiche, causa, ají de gallina. All really good and different. The drinks were great too: pitch of chicha morada and also tried the pico sour licor. For dessert we had the Lúcuma cake, very special taste. Roberto the waitress service was exceptional also read more

La Guitarra con Sazon - Chicha morada and pico sour - Latin American Near Me - Houston, Texas

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If I could give this place no stars I would. Worst service ever. I went with a group of people. Everyone's food came out and mine never did. I asked the waitress if my food was coming and she didn't even respond to me, she just walked away and I guess put in the order. Everyone was done eating and I told another waitress I wanted to cancel my order but she insisted it was coming out even though I said I didn't want it anymore. They didn't offer anything to make up for the inconvenience. The waitress we had never came to apologize or anything. They were very petty about it. She never came back to our table and just let the other waitress take charge. Both never apologized or asked if we wanted anything else. Very rude staff. I would not recommend this place. read more

Good food, friendly service, live music. We all enjoyed it overall. They got all of our orders correct and they were all hot and fresh. The food tasted good. The music was very good, the singer did a great job. Only one complaint was that the Diet Coke tasted flat to me. read more

La Guitarra con Sazon - Live music - Latin American Near Me - Houston, Texas

This place is overlooked! Small restaurant that's a little hard to turn into , however I recommend taking the risk! The yellow chicken with rice (forgot the name, ops) is amazing! And the mojito are delicious (they have a great happy hour) also you can't go wrong with the ceviche for an appetizer, very shareable! read more

We came herr to try out! Service was excellent! Our server was really polite and well mannered, very service oriented! We had the mixed ceviche and it was delicious. Then I had the lomo saltado which had good flavor but I would expected the meat to be moist with the juice, instead it was kind of dry. My husband had the jalea mixta, it was pretty good! Portions have a good size for the value. We will come back! read more

I was driving down Westheimer looking for a new place to eat and stumbled upon this joint. there weren't really a lot of people in there for lunch, the prices are a little higher than a lunch special at other restaurants on Westheimer. I think mine was around $12 before tip. The food and service there was great. the flavors were a lot different than I am used to, they used a lot of citrus in their flavors but I had no complaints. It's definitely worth a try if you're open to try new types of dishes and different countries cuisine. read more

Wow! What a surprise last night.... What's going on? We asked for mojitos - No mint .... Pina colada - No coconut...... ??.... Out of pisco.... All cocktails in menu are made with pisco .... I made a reservation for 7pm.... When we got there "the table was not ready" ... place was almost empty... service was horrible... slow... I am still waiting for a glass of water, more chips and a straw (had to use husbands) the food is very good but I noticed that the service was terrible not like it used to be.... read more

This is the best Peruvian restaurant I have been; starting from the chips and sauce they serve to their delicious dish. Waitress are always kind and attentive. read more

My husband and I had never had Peruvian food before and we were rather impressed with this place. It is very seafood heavy, though there are a couple of non-seafood dishes. The dinner entrees average about $16. My husband and I shared the Pollo Saltado and it was really good. But the crowning achievement was the dessert. We shared a dessert called Mil Hojas Con Mousse de Chocolate Y Mousse de Lucuma and it was positively decadent. It was light. It had perfect, crunchy phyllo pastry. And the lucuma was amazing. The atmosphere is upscale, classy. The service was impeccable. The chef even visited our table and gave us a lesson on what lucuma was. Everyone was great and the food was really good. read more

As a white guy, I just found out Peruvian food is great. Who knew? Love it. They are super busy but still super nice. This place has a full bar too, not just wine and beer. read more

I came here with my boyfriend and we both thoroughly enjoyed our meal. The restaurant is pretty new and just judging from the exterior, you wouldn't expect to find such treasure inside. There were maybe two other tables seated throughout the whole time we were there-- which was a blessing for us but unfortunate for the business I'm sure. It was a blessing because although we don't speak Spanish, we left with nothing but positive things to say about the service. Our waitress was friendly and kind, patiently answered all of our questions about the menu (a lot of it is in Spanish), made genuine suggestions, and even brought us some specialty ice cream to sample (I still don't know the name of it). Seriously some of the best service I have ever experienced. There was also a stage and upbeat Latin music playing and we were told that dancing is available on certain nights. Fun! I haven't even gotten to the food yet. Here's what we ordered: Chorito a la chalaca (mussels with lemon juice, pico, cilantro, cuzco corn-- served on spoons) Plata rellena de cangrejo (avocado and crab mix-- comes out in half an avocado shell) Ceviche de pescado (fresh fish, lemon juice, onions, cuzco corn) Alfajores (a stack of cookies with this sweet cream filling in between) I certainly didn't know what every ingredient was and I definitely tried many new things that day but everything was fresh, light, and delicious! Beautifully plated too! My favorites were the ceviche and the mussels. Give this place a try and tell your friends! You'll have a lovely time. read more

The food was ok, the service was ok, but we found the place to need a little more upkeep. The restrooms need a lot of update and better service and there is no changing facility in the men's room. Went a couple of weeks ago with friend, family and baby, and the first thing for me was to go to the restroom to change he baby. The restroom is large enough, but there is no changing table, the floor was not very clean,and the waste basket was old and broken. If this is a family oriented restaurant the restrooms need better attention. The service was good, and our waiter who was Colombian was very attentive, almost too much. I did not like the seating nor the place in general. There was some disarray gong on, like things needed more attention, maybe too much seafood odor, so this impression took away from the food experience because at some point we started to worry if the kitchen was a reflection of what the restaurant look like outside. The reason for the two stars is because one of the crab legs I received had an ammonia like odor and bad taste, so we let the waiter know and he took it away and offered us a free dessert. I do not know why the many good reviews, but my experience here was not very good. read more

Our family visited La Guitarra Con Sazon for the first time because we had a coupon from the Entertainment Book. I didn't know anything about Peruvian food but I've always love to try different food from other countries. We asked the server for recommendations what may be best for first timers to try. We ordered 3 different dishes from the menu she recommended so we can try and share them. They were Lomo Saltado, Arroz Con Mariscos, Picante De Mariscos, and I add a drink with mango and orange. These were all delicious. The server was wonderfully attentive and making sure that we were enjoying our food and our drinks are refilled. We've visited this restaurant because of the coupon but because of the food and the service we will definitely will be back soon. read more

La Guitarra con Sazon - Lomo Saltado - Latin American Near Me - Houston, Texas

This is my first time visiting this place and I am sure it won't be the last one. I love everything about this place, the hospitality of the service, the way the dress and talk, music, they were fast and the best at all the food is so fresh and tasty. I recommend this place to all my friends and family. read more